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Bhutan to stub out tobacco sales

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by teekc, Dec 2, 2004.

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    Remove all ads!
    i do smoke, but still, good work by Buthan.
     
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    Thats great news. I cannot wait for the smoking ban to reach N.I. It will be great to go to concerts and be able to breath.

    I remember going to an Opeth concert last year (in Dublin) and the smoke was killing me. Of course the venue was designed for 150 people and it seems that they crammed in about 300! Now that the Republic of Ireland is (largely) smoke free, hopefully it will not be long before the North follows in its footsteps.

    [ December 03, 2004, 10:46: Message edited by: Cesard ]
     
    Cúchulainn, Dec 2, 2004
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    Good luck to them. I sincerely hope it works better than Prohibition did in the US.
     
    Rallymama, Dec 2, 2004
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    Interesting approach, banning sales instead of prohibiting smoking in public places. It probably makes sense if they felt there would be difficulties with compliance or enforcement.
     
    Splunge, Dec 2, 2004
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    On 10 December, smoking will be banned in almost all indoor public places in New Zealand.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3109959a1861,00.html

    I echo Cesard's comments. Now I will be able to go out and breath and not come home having to dryclean all my clothes to get the smell out.
     
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    Christ, soon you will be banned from just breathing.
     
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    Only if you have really bad breath that stinks out everyone else's clothes.
     
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    The act of breathing doesn't harm other even if it harms the breather; the act of smoking harms the smoker as well as those who are around the smokers, and a lot of time, involuntarily.

    What i was amaze, realizing this while walking to school earlier, comparing Buthan and Singapore.
    - Buthan is a small poor country; Singapore is a small rich country.
    - (Assuming) Buthan doesn't produce raw tobacco; Singapore doesn't produce anything agricultural, not even heavy on processing raw agricultural products.
    It would seem that Singapore is the more likely country to ban tocacco but then they never did it. Singaporean government had ridiculous high tax for tobacco but that's not their main income. What is the mysterious power that prevents Singaporeans from doing so? How long could Buthanians keep this?
     
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    Only one more day to go before smoking is banned in indoor public places in New Zealand. Anecdotal evidence around town is that many people are now going to give up smoking because the only time they did smoke was in bars anyway. But plenty of bars are now boosting the number of outdoor seats and areas they provide.

    It will be interesting to see what happens.
     
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    I know lots of people that only smoke when they are drinking alcohol. I think this ban will be very positive and probably boost tourism - I have never thought "I have always wanted to smoke in (insert favourit holiday destination here)"
     
    Cúchulainn, Dec 9, 2004
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